Climate of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Köppen climate classification map.

The climate of Saudi Arabia is marked by high temperatures during the day and low temperatures at night. The country follows the pattern of the desert climate, with the exception of the southwest, which features a Mediterranean climate and a steppe climate, also with a localised tropical savannna climate around fayfa due to summer rainfall dominance rather than spring rain seen up north in albaha, taif, and asir, rainfall averages within saudi arabia do not regularly exceed 125mm except in the southwest where annual rainfall averages 400-700mm with warm-hot summers and cool-cold winter(-2-17 degrees)

Climate data for riyadh (1985-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 33.0
(91.4)		 35.0
(95.0)		 38.0
(100.4)		 42.0
(107.6)		 46.0
(114.8)		 47.5
(117.5)		 48.4
(119.1)		 49.8
(121.6)		 46.8
(116.2)		 42.5
(108.5)		 38.0
(100.4)		 32.7
(90.9)		 49.8
(121.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 20.2
(68.4)		 23.4
(74.1)		 27.7
(81.9)		 33.4
(92.1)		 39.4
(102.9)		 42.5
(108.5)		 43.5
(110.3)		 43.6
(110.5)		 40.4
(104.7)		 35.3
(95.5)		 27.8
(82.0)		 22.2
(72.0)		 33.3
(91.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 14.4
(57.9)		 17.3
(63.1)		 21.4
(70.5)		 26.9
(80.4)		 32.9
(91.2)		 35.7
(96.3)		 36.8
(98.2)		 36.7
(98.1)		 33.5
(92.3)		 28.4
(83.1)		 21.5
(70.7)		 16.3
(61.3)		 26.8
(80.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 9.0
(48.2)		 11.2
(52.2)		 15.2
(59.4)		 20.4
(68.7)		 25.9
(78.6)		 28.0
(82.4)		 29.3
(84.7)		 29.2
(84.6)		 25.9
(78.6)		 21.2
(70.2)		 15.5
(59.9)		 10.6
(51.1)		 20.1
(68.2)
Record low °C (°F) −5.4
(22.3)		 −3.3
(26.1)		 2.4
(36.3)		 8.9
(48.0)		 15.7
(60.3)		 19.8
(67.6)		 20.0
(68.0)		 20.0
(68.0)		 14.4
(57.9)		 8.9
(48.0)		 4.5
(40.1)		 −2.0
(28.4)		 −5.4
(22.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 12.5
(0.49)		 8.0
(0.31)		 24.0
(0.94)		 28.0
(1.10)		 4.9
(0.19)		 3.0
(0.12)		 3.7
(0.15)		 4.0
(0.16)		 0.1
(0.00)		 0.8
(0.03)		 8.7
(0.34)		 14.6
(0.57)		 112.3
(4.4)
Average rainy days 6.1 4.3 9.4 11.3 3.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.5 3.3 6.3 44.8
Average relative humidity (%) 47 36 32 28 17 11 10 12 14 20 36 47 26
Average dew point °C (°F) 2
(36)		 1
(34)		 2
(36)		 4
(39)		 3
(37)		 −1
(30)		 0
(32)		 2
(36)		 2
(36)		 2
(36)		 4
(39)		 3
(37)		 2
(36)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 212.4 226.6 219.8 242.3 287.7 328.2 332.1 309.2 271.6 311.4 269.2 214.3 3,224.8
Percentage possible sunshine 63 71 59 63 70 80 80 77 74 87 82 65 72
Average ultraviolet index 7 9 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 7 6 10
Source 1: "Jeddah Regional Climate Centre South West Asia". Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2015.[1]
Source 2: Time and Date (dewpoints, 1985-2015)[2]
Weather2Travel for ultraviolet[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Surface annual climatological report". PME. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Climate & Weather Averages in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia". Time and Date. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Weather2Travel.com. "Jeddah weather by month: monthly climate averages | Saudi Arabia". Weather2Travel.com. Retrieved 2025-05-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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